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NASA, Intergovernmental Panel give new insight into Rising Sea Levels -2

A new visualization tool will make data on future sea level rise from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change more easily accessible to people around the world. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

A new visualization tool will make data on future sea level rise from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change more easily accessible to people around the world. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Rising seas will exacerbate problems that coastal communities are already dealing with, including high-tide, or “nuisance,” floods. Inundated roadways like this one in Virginia are among the consequences of such floods. (Image license Credit: Aileen Devlin, Virginia Sea Grant)